Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see they , they 've only got so long on this site with that van |
| 2 | The process of de-differentiation that they celebrated has arguably increased exponentially in the past two decades . |
| 3 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 4 | Yet state censorship has arguably come much nearer and become more sinister with the Spycatcher affair and the more recent Section 28 . |
| 5 | The Conservatives have been in Government , either alone or in coalitions dominated by their party , for sixty-seven of the past 100 years , and their share of the vote at general elections has rarely fallen below 40 per cent . |
| 6 | This writer has never attended a more populated exhibition of Old Masters and has rarely overheard so much intelligent discussion , particularly from ‘ ordinary ’ visitors . |
| 7 | There are slow tempos , though an overall timing of 55 minutes is not unduly extravagant , but the predominant impression is of the symphony 's dramatic conflicts and of Sinopoli 's remarkable ear for the subtlest details of instrumental colour : Elgar 's scoring has rarely sounded more translucent and fine-spun . |
| 8 | Funk has rarely sounded so heavy , or rock so groovy . |
| 9 | Funk has rarely sounded so heavy , or rock so groovy . |
| 10 | Assertiveness training has rarely featured much in religious traditions . |
| 11 | Through their work jewellery ceased to be something merely ornamental but attained a level of artistic and symbolic importance it has rarely equalled since . |
| 12 | For the last few months everything has rather fallen apart . |
| 13 | AXA has since ploughed almost $100m more into Equitable Life , which is recovering from heavy losses on its property portfolio , and reckons it will soon see a good return on its investment . |
| 14 | Cigarette consumption among women also rose between 1972 and 1976 , from 87 to 101 and has since remained more or less constant at just over or just under 100 cigarettes per week . |
| 15 | He arrived in Britain with a broken arm which has since healed well . |
| 16 | It was an interpretation problem , sir , with a rather rum Nandi interpreter who has since run away . |
| 17 | The SCOTCAT network has since widened still further by the agreement of the senates of all Scottish Universities to participate . |
| 18 | Not only did it fail to achieve representation ( not surprising at under 1 per cent of the vote ) but it has since fallen apart in a long series of internecine conflicts ( which are too complex to describe here ) . |
| 19 | The catering manager at Butler 's contract is Neil Patterson — a chef who joined Compass six years ago and has since moved across into management . |
| 20 | The density of LSW was about during the 1960s , decreasing to in the early 1970s , and has since increased again reaching 1.5 =34.66 kgm -3 in 1986 4 and in 1992 ( J. R. N. Lazier , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 21 | Has since travelled extensively in Africa , India and South America . |
| 22 | Blackburn sent a written apology to the umpire in question and has since apologised personally to him . |
| 23 | So too does Micky Steele-Bodger , who played for the England rugby team at flank forward in the 1947-48 season , and has since contributed enormously as an adminstrator , particularly in raising a team each season for the past 42 years to play Cambridge in their preparation fo the University match . |
| 24 | So far the policy has succeeded : the stockmarket fell by 48% from peak to trough , but has since recovered about a third of its losses . |
| 25 | Luca Cumani 's promising colt , Montendre ( next best 3.15 ) , got even closer to Welney at Yarmouth and has since won easily at Brighton . |
| 26 | In the first edition I felt I owed a debt of gratitude to my old teacher , Professor Geoffrey Lampe , who has since died so courageously of cancer , to close friends , the Revd. |
| 27 | The Hong Kong government , with considerable help from John Greenwood of the GT fund management group , devised a self-righting mechanism for ‘ pegging ’ the Hong Kong dollar to the US currency , which has since worked perfectly . |
| 28 | The term itself was coined in the 1930s and arose originally from studies of schizophrenia , though it has since proved equally ( if not more ) applicable to psychotics with other diagnoses , notably mania . |
| 29 | This figure gradually declined to a low of about 25,000 in 1979 but has since climbed again , to around 125,000 in 1986 . |
| 30 | With funds to invest worth $1 billion and a reputation for picking winners , he can move markets : the gold price has since climbed rapidly by almost $15 , passing $150 an ounce for the first time since October . |